Zimema Surname

438,351st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 782 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Zimema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zimema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7451:72,7229,064
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
England11:55,718,059489,080

Zimema (15) may also be a first name.

Zimema Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zimema Come From? nationality or country of origin

Zimema is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zimema? popularity and diffusion

It is the 438,351st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. Zimema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zimema reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Zimema is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 745 people, or 1 in 72,722. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 35 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 28 percent reside and Gauteng, where 18 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Zimema is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.

Zimema Last Name Statistics demography

Zimema earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.94% more than the national average, earning R 239,880 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zimemo83646/
Simema8399/
Zimeme8369/
Zimama8316/
Zemema8310/
Jimema832/
Zimoma831/
Ximema831/
Zimima831/
Simiema77101/
Chimema7767/
Saimema7723/
Simaema779/
Zimaima777/
Djimema771/
Cimiema771/
Zimheme771/
Zaimimah7111/
Ziemaema717/
Siemiema711/
Chimemah711/
Simama671,205/
Zemama67171/
Zimomo67103/
Semema6792/
Simemo6789/
Jemema6716/
Simima677/
Simhma676/
Zememe676/
Gimemo674/
Simeme672/
Simoma672/
Zemime672/
Jimemo672/
Jimemy671/
Zemima671/
Gimeme671/
Dziemaema671/
Gimima671/
Jimima671/
Simemhaus671/
Gemema671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zimema
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